WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A US judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from massively expanding a procedure that allows authorities to swiftly deport migrants without a court hearing, in a blow for the president's mass deportation plans. The process, which is called "expedited removal," had previously been used to rapidly deport migrants detained near the Mexican border if they had entered the US in the previous two weeks. However since January, the administration of Donald Trump has expanded the use of the procedure across the whole country -- and applied it to migrants who have been in the US for up to two years. US District Judge Jia Cobb blocked this expanded use of the procedure, saying...
BRASILIA, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro will learn soon whether he is headed to prison as his trial on...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump is still working on a Russia-Ukraine peace summit, the White House said Friday, after French...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump has moved to cut nearly $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump has moved to block $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday...
A federal judge on Friday halted Trump administration policies aimed at expanding fast-track deportations, ruling that they violate the constitutional due process rights of migrants...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Trump administration has withdrawn former vice president Kamala Harris's Secret Service security protection, a White House official said...
TIANJIN, China, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched down in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Saturday evening, Indian TV...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Ukrainian lawmaker who formerly served as speaker of parliament was shot dead on Saturday in the western...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia launched "massive" strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts...
GENEVA, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The head of the international Red Cross on Saturday denounced Israel's plans for a mass evacuation of Gaza City...
DHAKA, August 30, 2025 (BSS) - The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed across the country today, drawing attention to the...
LONDON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Three men were arrested after two police officers suffered minor injuries during a protest outside a UK hotel used...